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# Re: FUP ate my db (and I did RTFM)

- Date: Wed, 29 May 1996 11:19:34 PDT
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- Cc: moo-cows@parc.xerox.com
- In-reply-to: Your message of "Tue, 28 May 96 14:34:40 PDT." <199605282134.QAA00496@forney.scinc.com>

    In message <199605282134.QAA00496@forney.scinc.com> , you wrote:
    >
    > Whatever . means, I'm not sure, I never used that to reference files.  I
    > [...]
    > We have code that
    > resolves relative path names also (altho, /dir_that_doesnt_exist/../bin =>
    > /bin, but shouldn't matter if you use the below code to determine that the
    > cwd is valid before you let them "enter" it).

    I'm glad someone is posting all of these important tidbits.  Could
    someone compile a FAQ like "Things that Sound True About UNIX But Are
    Really Pulled out of Someone's Ass"?

    Please, PLEASE spare us this flood of UNIX misinformation.  Thank you.

    --Ben

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